"Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever you can"
-John Wesley

IS YOUR NON-PROFIT BEING OVERCHARGED FOR VITAL BUSINESS SERVICES?

Your team has more important things to do than conducting thorough audits of your expenses. Thankfully, that’s what Schooley Mitchell does, all day, every day. We optimize your expenses to help you create more money for programs and services, and so you can focus on doing what you do best – making a difference.

At Schooley Mitchell, we’re entirely independent. Our consultants don’t accept kickbacks or incentives from service providers, and our process is completely risk-free. In fact, we’re so confident in our ability to generate savings for our clients, we’ve based our business model on that very fact. If we can’t deliver on savings, we don’t get paid.

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Savings Delivered

Large Food Bank

$157,000

Waste Fees

Municipal Humane Society

60%

Processing Fees

Immigration-focused Nonprofit

40%

Telecom Expenses

Nonprofit Educational Institution

75%

Small Package Shipping Services

YWCA McLean County

"YMCA McLean County has been utilizing Schooley Mitchell's services for close to a year. David thoroughly explained the process and answered all my questions. Everyone at Schooley Mitchell has been very kind and pleasant to work with. They assessed our expenses in various areas and found opportunities for us to be more efficient and save money. YWCA McLean County is a nonprofit with limited staff time so it is very helpful to have another set of trusted eyes to analyze contracts and expenses. Working with Schooley Mitchell has allowed our administrative staff to focus more on our services and mission related offerings."

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Boys & Girls Club of Bloomington

"The process was straightforward, and the best part is that their analysts do the research and negotiations which frees up our staff time to focus on our mission and programs. They present their recommendations and if approved they implement the recommendations. And they continue to monitor the accounts and invoices every month."

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Heartland Community College

"Schooley Mitchell's services of scrutinizing invoices and serving as point of contact with select vendors provide our staff the space to direct attention to other critical duties. The added benefit is we are saving money and have peace of mind in knowing there are experts on our side reviewing invoices and negotiating the best price on our behalf!"

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Catholic Charities

"Schooley Mitchell's support team under David Dow's leadership have been instrumental in helping us realize substantial annual cost savings in several functional operating areas. David has created a partnership with our organization and implemented and managed a process that has resulted in cost savings and performance improvement."

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Citygate

"Over the past several months I have been working with Adam Baker and David Dow of Schooley Mitchell. During our first discussion I raised a concern about our ministry being too small for them to spend their time on, or to find meaningful savings. Their answer was that there was no “too small” when it comes to God’s work and if they could assist us in moving cents or dollars from expenses to ministry then it would be well worth the effort."

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Community Nursing Services

"Schooley Mitchell has proposed changes that will save us 40% on our internet account. They have also proposed changes that will save us 55% on our fax accounts. Additionally, despite our not for profit status, Schooley Mitchell identified for us, several different accounts that were not properly classified for tax."

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Habitat For Humanity

"One area where Schooley Mitchell was able to reduce our costs was waste disposal at our ReStore. David and his team were able to compare companies and ultimately negotiate lower rates with our current vendor. As a result of these savings, we can allocate more resources towards building affordable housing in our community."

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Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association

"The first results that we received in June were an 84% reduction in our trash and recycling services from our incumbent vendor – no change in service levels, no change in vendors, just a big change in the cost of these same services. We look forward to the results of the other reviews"

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Mercy Center for Women

"Adam was able to uncover a few billing errors that we didn't realize existed and showed us how to remedy them, while also helping us remove fees that we knew we shouldn't be paying but couldn't figure out how to eliminate them."

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Town & Country Animal Hospital

"We renewed our agreement with Schooley Mitchell in 2024 and they immediately identified waste savings of $1461 per month with our incumbent trash vendor – no change of vendor or services. Over the four years that we’ve been working together they’ve identified over $110,000 in savings."

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Non-Profit Clients

Austin Lighthouse

Beacon of Hope

Boys and Girls Club

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Catholic Diocese of Peoria

Catholic Social Services of Washtenaw County

Chaddock

City Rescue Mission

Citygate Network

Community Health Net

Community Nursing Services of North East

Community Shelter Services

Erie Regional Chamber and Growth Partnership

Fargo New Life Center

Global Leadership Network

Goodwill Western New York

Gospel Rescue Mission

Green Top Grocery

Habitat for Humanity of McLean County

Harbor Creek School District

Heartland Community College

Historic Palace Theatre Lockport

Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association

Los Angeles Mission

McLean County Art Center

Merced County Rescue Mission

Mercy Center for Women

New Hampshire Catholic Charities

Path of Citrus

Pet Central Helps!

Principia College

Principia School

Project Oz

Rescue Kokomo

Signature Health

Southern New Hampshire Rescue Mission

The Baby Fold

Water Street Studios

Willow Creek Community Church

YWCA

Waste

How predictable is your waste every month?

Variability in your waste from month-to-month makes a big difference to certain service providers.

Is your container size and collection frequency optimized?

Finding a provider that is both cost effective and meets your needs can be challenging.

Are your waste disposal fees changing frequently over the course of the year?

A professional audit of your expenses can get to the bottom of it.

Merchant Services

Do you reference the "effective rate" to evaluate how competitive your processing fees are?

A blended pricing structure makes it more difficult to fully understand all the factors impacting your fees.

Do you know how your current processing environment impacts your processing fees?

How you process payments and capture data can have a big impact on your monthly fees.

Have you asked your processor to provide you an "interchange-plus pricing" quote?

This pricing structure is often the least expensive and most transparent option.

Telecom

Have you conducted a recent usage audit across your telecommunications system?

In many cases, we find inefficiencies and redundancies in the number of lines and features.

Have you considered moving to a Voice over IP platform?

Cloud based telecommunications systems typically provide unique features at lower costs.

Do you know when your current plan automatically renews?

Companies typically only have a 30-day window to make changes to their current contract.

Shipping

Have you considered splitting your shipping business across multiple vendors?

Vendors tend to specialize in certain areas so playing to their unique strengths can reduce your overall costs.

Are you paying for unnecessary delivery guarantees?

Being more flexible on delivery times can significantly reduce your costs.

Do you review your monthly statements to ensure the correct charge codes are used?

Charge codes can be very confusing and require a detailed review to ensure you are being charged correctly.

David Dow

Strategic-Partner
Office: 888-583-3581

Adam Baker

Strategic-Partner
Office: 814-520-6474

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